GrapheneOS & law enforcement

Posted Jul 25, 2025 6:23 UTC (Fri) by danieldk (subscriber, #27876)
In reply to: GrapheneOS & law enforcement by pabs
Parent article: Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build

Smear campaign? More like a quote of a single police official:

> As it sounds . The phrase "every time we see a Pixel we think it could be a drug dealer" is as forceful as it is surprising. It comes from a Catalan anti-drug official for the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) who spoke to DiariAra about the phones they see during their operations. Far from being a Google problem (of course), the reason its phones have become popular among criminal gangs is, paradoxically, one of its greatest virtues for Android enthusiasts: its freedom. A freedom that, combined with the installation of an alternative operating system, makes it an almost infallible communication tool.

blown up by some Android news sites to a smear campaign for clicks.

Original source: https://www.xatakandroid.com/sociedad/cada-vez-que-vemos-...